Adam Pantanowitz

Adam is a biomedical and electrical engineer who leverages technology for innovation. His use of AI, robotics, and software have resulted in a series of impact projects. He is passionate about the use of technology for upliftment. In his own life, technology has helped him navigate personal setbacks. As an Expert at Singularity, Adam has given hundreds of talks in over 38 unique destinations to tens of thousands of people at events, in schools, in universities, and in companies. His talks uplift and inspire the use of technology to create transformative change. He delivers motivational talks, talks on the future of technology, talks on AI in healthcare, and the merging of humans and machines on various levels. Adam cofounded and angel invested in a number of businesses in which he plays leadership roles. These include AURA, think3dots, Resolute Education, shift.stream, and others. He was formerly in fintech as the CTO at VAT IT and consulted to some of the largest banks on the African continent. Adam is an Adjunct Professor at and a strategic advisor to Wits University where he held the Chair in Innovation, and formerly directed the Wits Innovation Centre. Prior to that, he researched and lectured in Engineering & Medicine since 2009. His innovations have resulted in 4 patents, 28 academic papers, and he initiated the media-interest piece “Brainternet”, with a world-first brain-internet livestream. Other collaborative projects include an eye-controlled wheel chair, a non-cognitive brain transmission channel using light, a thought-controlled robotic arm with an light-invoked on/off switch, a hands-free controlled surgery interaction system, a CPR monitoring system, a computer-based sign language interpreter, and an eye-controlled cursor using the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Adam holds three engineering degrees (with distinction) and a PhD in AI Healthcare Innovation. He is chartered globally as an engineer (EUR ING, Pr Eng, CEng, IntPE) and is a Fellow of the IET and a Senior Member of the IEEE and of the SAIEE.